Good point, LH. The money for infrastructure and services only comes from one of two sources, the average local taxpayer or foreign consumers.

Companies don't pay taxes. They may pass some money on to the federal and local governments but they got that money from their customers. The cost is built into their selling price. If you are actually paying taxes and not getting someone else to pay them for you, it's because you aren't selling any goods and services beyond your own labor. If foreign consumers are crazy for your products, you can load exports up with taxes and collect from them but you'd better make sure you don't have to buy any of their products or they'll simply pass the costs back to you.

Now the scoundrels are cutting taxes, cutting funds to education and telling us education will be better and more efficient (many people think this means cheaper) if we all just buy it from commercial providers. Of course instead of paying a school superindendent $150,000 there'll be a CEO getting millions plus passing corporate taxes on to us, charging us a sales tax on the cost of going to school then firing any innovative teachers that aren't willing to become corporate drones.

      - Mark